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re: Neil Young's 1970 hit single "Southern Man"
Posted on 5/17/16 at 1:57 pm to MoonrakerElite
Posted on 5/17/16 at 1:57 pm to MoonrakerElite
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IIRC, Young and Skynyrd were actually pretty close.
Meh. It was nothing personal, though. Van Zant insisted they take out the echoing lines, so as not to offend. Kooper only left the first one "Southern man, better keep your head" - which is still at a low level on the left channel.
Young (not a Yankee, but a Canadian, BTW) took it to heart and ultimately concluded he was wrong (and implicitly, Skynyrd was right):
"My own song 'Alabama' richly deserved the shot Lynyrd Skynyrd gave me with their great record. I don't like my words when I listen to it. They are accusatory and condescending, not fully thought out, and too easy to misconstrue."
Skynyrd was clearly responding to both "Alabama" and "Southern Man" in their lyrics.
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Posted on 5/17/16 at 2:22 pm to Ace Midnight
I've always found "Southern Man" to be rather silly. It sounds almost like a parody of Hollywood liberalism ("I've seen your black man comin' round...")
FWIW, Young supposedly wrote "Powderfinger" for LS, but they died before they could record it.
The Beat Farmers classic cover of "Powderfinger"
FWIW, Young supposedly wrote "Powderfinger" for LS, but they died before they could record it.
The Beat Farmers classic cover of "Powderfinger"
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